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NPS - Death Valley, Furnace Creek

Serves Furnace Creek, Inyo County, CA · 150 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for NPS - Death Valley, Furnace Creek in the last ten years.

  • CA1410505
  • DEATH VALLEY
  • CA
  • 150 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 92328
EPA system ID CA1410505

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • NPS - Death Valley, Furnace Creek draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, December 2025.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 150 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for NPS - Death Valley, Furnace Creek go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
2020s 0 2

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against NPS - Death Valley, Furnace Creek between 2015 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 24, 2025 California Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Nov 18, 2016 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Groundwater Rule
Nov 4, 2015 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

NPS - Death Valley, Furnace Creek draws water from 3 wells.

Annual water quality report

NPS - Death Valley, Furnace Creek must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask NPS - Death Valley, Furnace Creek for a copy.

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